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This is a list of female United States military generals and flag officers, that are either currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, or are retired.They are listed under their respective service branches, which make up the Department of Defense, with the exception of the Coast Guard, which is part of Homeland Security.
Laura J. Richardson. Laura Jane Richardson[1] (née Strickland; born 11 December 1963) [1][2] is a four-star general in the United States Army who is the commander of United States Southern Command since 29 October 2021. Prior to that, she was the commanding general of United States Army North from July 2019 to September 2021.
Relations. Henry Harrison Chase Dunwoody (great-grandfather) Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody (born January 14, 1953) [2][3] is a retired general of the United States Army. She was the first woman in United States military and uniformed service history to achieve a four-star officer rank, receiving her fourth star on November 14, 2008. [4]
There are currently 42 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 12 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, eight in the Navy, 13 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, two in the Coast Guard, and one in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Of the eight federal uniformed services, the NOAA ...
Jacqueline Van Ovost. Jacqueline Desiree Van Ovost (born September 29, 1965) [1] is a United States Air Force general who has served as the 14th commander of the United States Transportation Command since October 15, 2021. She was nominated to that post by President Biden on March 5, 2021. [2] Van Ovost had previously served as the commander of ...
The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Air Force. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below General of the Air Force (five-star general). There have been 235 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Air Force.
In 2014 Robinson was chosen to be commander of the Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii, making her the first United States female four-star commander of combat forces. [6] [7] On May 13, 2016, she became the commanding general of United States Northern Command and was the first woman to command a unified combatant command. [4]
Janet Wolfenbarger became the first female four-star general in the Air Force in 2012. [1] There have been women in the United States Air Force since 1948, and women continue to serve in it today. [2] [3] As of 2020, there were 69,564 total women on active duty in the US Air Force, with 14,325 serving as officers, and 55,239 enlisted.